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24th April
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Samey conditions - even those that were initially propitious, migrant-wise - eventually see numbers fizzle out as birds get the hang of what...
23rd April
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Another decent enough day with overcast skies at dawn dropping a succession of mainly routine migrants at the Bill and a clearance through t...
22nd April
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For a day that was half rained off and by most conventional metrics had been written off by an hour after dawn (...and that after dawn itsel...
21st April
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The magical northeasterlies persisted and whilst they didn't precipitate anything approaching a huge fall there was plenty to see throug...
20th April
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Spring northeasterlies have attained almost magical status here in recent times so their forecast arrival - for pretty well the first time t...
19th April
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IN FOCUS SOUTH WEST Optics day this Sunday 21st April @PortlandBirdObs @DorsetWildlife for more info call Keith 01225 891352 @opticronuk ...
18th April
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With it way too clear overnight - and far less windy than during the last couple of days - migration no doubt picked up far overhead but the...
17th April
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The smallest of upticks in passage was appreciated after a couple of lean days but the 50 Swallows , 25 Willow Warblers , 15 Chiffchaffs , 1...
16th April
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Not a day of plenty on the land, sea or overhead, in fact for this date it was a bit of a shocker with only the continuing Western Subalpine...
15th April
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In keeping with the pattern so far this spring no sooner had it looked like migration was gaining momentum than shoddy weather rolls in to b...
14th April
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There was certainly a bit of quality on offer amongst today's mix, with a Hoopoe in off the sea at the Bill kicking things off in exciti...
13th April
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Consecutive days with plenty of birds - blimey, things really are looking up! The mould was set right as dawn broke when a Cirl Bunting app...
12th April
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These things are relative so today was hardly, for example, like last year's mega day when a tsunami of migrants swept through the islan...
11th April
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In a day long peasouper, for a few hours we were able to kid ourselves that there were migrants out but we just couldn't see them; howev...
10th April
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Another day that offered what looked to be some hope of a fall out of migrants on the land and a bit of a seawatching, both of which almost ...
9th April
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A 60mph westerly gale really isn't what's needed in mid-April and for the most part Storm Pierrick was an ill wind bird-wise. A Ho...
8th April
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Popular opinion ventured that there was a more than evens chance of a decent drop of birds today - but what do we know about it? In the even...
7th April
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A less than compelling day: batteringly strong winds overnight saw passerine migration remain on hold and did far less for the sea than migh...
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